All this "bright light" as a defensive weapon talk reminds me of my 5 years as a maintenance mechanic at the City of Milwaukee housing authority.

Officially, and on the record <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />, I never carried a firearm while working even nights in the low income housing complexes (No Brian, my nose is not touching the monitor (Six feet away.).) I did carry some fairly solid knives necessary for my work and a trunchon style of black pipe with a 90 degree piece attached to a tee in case I ever had to replace a lead-in pipe with water trap for a gas furnace. <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I carried a permanent flash assembly from my 35MM camera on a cord around my neck for blinding the opposition if necessary, but was fortunate enough to never need to use it for defensive purposes.

I was lucky that I did not work in the water department as I would not have been able to carry the pipe, knives, or even my (2) "D" cell Maglite.

Bountyhunter